Picard 1.0 released

Lukáš Lalinský announced the long-awaited release of Picard 1.0 today:

It took us a long time to get here, but I’m very happy to announce the release of Picard 1.0!

This version includes a new UI for viewing tags, some options have been rearranged and a number of bugs fixed. The file naming formats for single and various artist releases have been merged. If you were using a different format for various artist releases, Picard will upgrade the format automatically for you, but you might need to review the result. This version also comes with support for two audio fingerprinting solutions (AcoustID and AmpliFIND), but fingerprint scanning is disabled by default – you have to enable it and choose which one you want to use first.

Many thanks to Robert Kaye (ruaok), Phillipp Wolfer (outsidecontext), Michael Wiencek (bitmap), Chad Wilson (voiceinsideyou) and many many others who helped the project along the way from 2003 when it was started!

@Invisibleman78 – Sounds like the issue where Picard runs with the elevated privileges needed for the install when it starts up after the install. Windows stops you dragging stuff from a non-elevated application (e.g. explorer) to an application running with elevated privileges. Close Picard and re-open and drag and drop should work again!

There are two major copy+paste errors (cause by me, and fixed by now) in the German translation file. One error is making the selection of preferred release types nearly impossible, the other one is hiding the “Tools” menu from view. We need a speedy update here. Thanks, and sorry for that.

Thank you cerdd83 and Michael Wiencek*! Maybe it would be better in this case, if the user can not start Picard directly from the installer?
In the meantime, drag&drop works fine. Close and restart solved the problem.

The new “original/new value” part is too confusing for me with the scrollbar and useless cryptic hash values, I found it much easier to just compare the basic information like in the previous versions.

@Disappointed: The cryptic hash values are MBIDs, and they’ve always been saved by Picard. One thing they’re used for is to automatically load albums when you add files you’ve previously tagged. However, you don’t have to save them if they’re useless to you. One way to get rid of them is to add $unset(musicbrainz_artistid) etc. to your advanced scripting setting.

V1.0 looks great so far. I have never used any tagging programs before, so I am still becoming acquainted with the entire process. I have tried installing the LastFMPlus plugin but I am afraid it is not compatible, is this true? What is recommended?